The status of implementation of reforms in key areas included in Plan 3-6-9 and new potentials in line with messages in the new EC Enlargement Strategy for Western Balkans by 2025 was discussed at the 38th session of the Working Committee for European Affairs chaired by Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani held Thursday …
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Macedonian Economy Minister Kresnik Bekteshi and Kosovo Minister of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Besim Beqaj held talks Wednesday in Skopje on the upcoming construction of the Blace-Skopje highway. The Macedonian government reviewed the project report yesterday and concluded for the construction works should commence next year, Bekteshi told reporters after the meeting. The new highway will …
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Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos is optimistic with regard to a possibility of finding a mutually acceptable solution to the name dispute. The name negotiations are resuming after yesterday’s round within the frame set along with our neighbors, Tzanakopoulos told the ERT first program. ‘We are optimistic that we will succeed to reach a mutually …
A trial of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, former deputy premier Vladimir Pesevski, ex-transport minister and the ex-director of the state road agency, Ljupco Georgievski, was adjourned until March 1. They are indicted in the case launched by the Special Public Prosecution (SPO). They are suspected of overstepping their jurisdiction by undertaking actions in the procedure …
Dignity and identity are indispensable part of the negotiations with Greece, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday answering journalist questions in Negotino. He said he would refrain from revealing details ‘so it doesn’t turn out we are negotiating via the media.’ “Mediator (Matthew) Nimetz conducts the process, he knows what is acceptable and what isn’t …
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Public procurement should be attractive for beneficiaries, including efficient and simple procedures, not additional burden in operations, heard the first public debate on the new draft-law on public procurement on Wednesday. Public Procurement Bureau director Gjorgji Georgievski said the new law should provide protection from corruption and establish responsibility. A project implemented in cooperation with …
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Minister of the Interior Oliver Spasovski is attending a global forum in Sweden, namely the 2030 Agenda for Children: End Violence Solutions Summit. On Wednesday and Thursday, high representatives of almost all UN members, officials of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and several esteemed international non-governmental organizations, etc, will discuss ways for drafting a precise …
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Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva will sign Wednesday the protocol for exchange of ratification documents which enforces the Treaty on Friendship, Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation between two countries. This will complete the formal procedure for entry the treaty into force following its ratification in the Macedonian Parliament on Jan. 15 …
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NATO defense ministers gathered for talks Wednesday amid US concerns over the EU’s landmark defense cooperation pact and increasingly strained relations between Washington and Turkey, AFP reports. Washington and Ankara, two of the transatlantic alliance’s most important members, are at loggerheads over Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria, which US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
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Majority of citizens (53.5 percent) believe Macedonia cannot join the EU and NATO unless the constitutional name is changed, while 27.5 percent of respondents say such option is viable, show results of the poll by the Institute for Political Research Skopje (IPIS). Over a third of respondents (38.2%) would accept a change of the constitutional name …
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UN mediator in Skopje-Athens name negotiations Mathew Nimetz met Tuesday in Vienna with the Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively. “Following a constructive meeting as part of the efforts to find a mutually acceptable solution to the ‘name’ issue, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed to continue their efforts under …
Macedonia’s NATO integration coordinator Stevo Pendarovski said that the country should stick to the Plan 3-6-9 and implement all reforms necessary to join the Alliance. According to Pendarovski, the previous government set Macedonia back regarding this matter. “In 2008, we had met all the military, technological, and political conditions apart from the name dispute,” Pendarovski …
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My statements are interpreted incorrectly as I’ve never suggested for the Thessaloniki airport to be renamed, Mayor Yiannis Boutaris told media on Tuesday. Last night at a meeting of the city council and this morning in an interview with Skai TV, Boutaris said a name change of the city airport ‘Makedonia’ could be considered, MIA …
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I’m glad that progress in the name negotiations between Athens and Skopje has been made, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister said when asked about the dispute between Greece and Macedonia. “It’s a bilateral issue and we should leave Athens and Skopje to negotiate under the mediation of the United Nations,” Ekaterina Zakharieva noted wishing the negotiating parties …
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The trial judge in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Tariff” interrupted Tuesday’s hearing in the Skopje-based Criminal Court after one of the witnesses felt unwell. The hearing is scheduled to resume on March 1. The defense said it would prove their clients’ innocence by putting 160 witnesses on the stand. Case “Tariff” involves …
The Judicial Council is set to discuss 110 motions for dismissal of judges, most of which filed by the now defunct Council for Establishment of Facts. The Special Prosecutor’s Office, lawyers and other parties in the legal procedure have also filed motions for the dismissal of judges from a number of courts, including those of …
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The Republic of Macedonia has joined the Global Deal partnership towards decent work and inclusive growth, as only partner in the region. On this occasion Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven sends letter to Minister of Labour and Social Policy Mila Carovska expressing sincere gratitude for Macedonia’s joining this global partnership, Ministry of Labour and Social …
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Name talks between Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, under the aegis of United Nations envoy Matthew Nimetz are ongoing for more than three hours in Vienna, MIA reports. There is no news whether the FMs and the envoy will give statements after the meeting. The FMs met late on Monday, …
The hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed Trust, which was set to take place in the Skopje-based Criminal Court on Tuesday, has been adjourned for February 20. The hearing has been postponed due to the absence of the defense lawyer because of an illness. Case Trust involves businessman Sead Kocan, two other individuals …
We need all the support at disposal in this dense reform agenda, said Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani at the donor meeting held at the Government on Tuesday, attended by ambassadors and representatives of international organizations, the donor community. The meeting aimed at reaching agreement and understanding over the donors’ contribution in the …
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